Crimes against Children: Sexual Violence and Legal Culture in New York City, 1880-1960
Book Description
In the first half of the twentieth century, Americans' intense concern with sex crimes against children led to a wave of public discussion, legislative action, and criminal prosecution. Stephen Robertson provides the first large-scale, long-term study of how American criminal courts dealt with the prosecution of sexual violence.
Robertson describes how the nineteenth-century approach to ... More
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Book Information
Publisher | University of North Carolina Press |
Binding | Hardcover (7 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 320 |
ISBN-10 | 0807829323 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0807829325 |
Publication Date | 04/18/2005 |
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